Allegory and the Genesis history (4:24)

Says “These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants”. The Greek is ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα (hatina estin allēgoroumena, “which things are allegorized”). One covenant is “from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar”. The wording, and the readings offered for ἀλληγορούμενα, are treated in Allegoroumena, and two covenants (4:21–24).

Implies Because Paul begins from what “is written” of Abraham’s two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman, and from a birth “through the promise”, Abraham, Hagar, Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac are historical persons, and the Genesis account is history, which Paul reads.

Uncertain What ἀλληγορούμενα (allēgoroumena, “being allegorized”) means is not settled here. No verdict is given.